Not to disparage newbies -- all fen were newbies once -- but if a particular fan is like "What if I get assigned something I can't write?? Can't I just treat? Or pinch hit?" and they "need convincing" rather than they jump right in with willingness to "play by the rules" this particular fic challenge just may not suit that particular person or persons. That being said, I still admire your fannish spirit for trying to bring more fen into the dS fold -- I'm working it from the "other end," contacting fen who have written dS but not recently and encouraging them to join this challenge.
And I am totes hearing you on what you're saying about changes in fandom culture. I've been around long enough to remember what it was like to have a fair number of fen in a challenge in this fandom where I'd at least interacted previously with them in LJ or DW or AO3, and in some cases even knew them IRL from going to the same cons.
Re: How about a bad!fic challenge?
Not to disparage newbies -- all fen were newbies once -- but if a particular fan is like "What if I get assigned something I can't write?? Can't I just treat? Or pinch hit?" and they "need convincing" rather than they jump right in with willingness to "play by the rules" this particular fic challenge just may not suit that particular person or persons. That being said, I still admire your fannish spirit for trying to bring more fen into the dS fold -- I'm working it from the "other end," contacting fen who have written dS but not recently and encouraging them to join this challenge.
And I am totes hearing you on what you're saying about changes in fandom culture. I've been around long enough to remember what it was like to have a fair number of fen in a challenge in this fandom where I'd at least interacted previously with them in LJ or DW or AO3, and in some cases even knew them IRL from going to the same cons.